1) GST

2) Why Wayne Gretzky was traded to the LA Kings in '88.

3) The Federal income tax system

4) Seperation from Canada by Quebec, or any other province that rasies the idea of leaving

5) Bank service charges and why they range from bank to bank even though they offer the same services

6) Voter turnout in municipal elections, which is often as low as 30%, even though local government has the most direct effect on out lifes

7) wildly fluctuating gas prices

8) The Meech Lake accord

9) Why you airfare cost $699 but the person sitting next to you paid $369

10) the metric system

11) Why a letter can take five days to get from one Ottawa address to another Ottawa address, for example, but 2 days to go from Ottawa to Vancouver

12) Canada's falling dollar. We live in one of the most prosperous countries in the world, yet our dollar continues to tank against other currencies

 

List taken from "The Great Canadian Book of List's" by Mark Kearney and Randy Ray